We have high expectations when we watch a performance. In fact, we have high expectations of everything in life, because we approach its various aspects with specific mindsets. Of course, we feel let down when others do not meet them.
That’s when a little empathy comes into play. Perhaps our friendly tightrope walker had a bad day when he fell off the tightrope. His circumstances may have provoked a lack of sleep. A furious argument may have distracted him.
Enjoy these senryus.
The tightrope walker
His mind away from his dance
He walks off balance
The angsty walker
Falls off rope with sudden jolt
Enwrapped in a net
The tightrope walker
Does pirouette on the rope
With friendly applause.
Managing expectations is a delicate dance on a tightrope. Be kind to the tightrope walker, and he’ll do a dance worthy of applause.
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